Automobile rack



ma; 3G, WEL? C. LEUK-BERG AUTMOBILE RACK Filed June 9, 1924 2 Sheets-Shae' l AUTOMOBILE RACK Filed, June 9, 1924 Lte .iti

Patented lee. 3U, i924.

STTES CARL EMIL LIEDBQERG. F CHICAGO. ILLINOIS AUTMOBILE RACK.

Application tiled June 9, i924. Serial No. 718,969.

lie it known that l. ('.unA lliin. lnicnnlinn. a 'fitr/fen nl' the l'niled States" residing' aty (bien: in the eounty it toolt and State ot' illinois'. have invented eertain new and uselni Improvements in A\utolnobile ltaeksr` of whith the l'ollowinzgr is' a'speeiirution.

'l`he presen! invention relates to improvements in adjustable automobile rat-lts.

Une oi' the important objet-ts ot' the invention is to provide a raul( suitable 'l'or use. in automobile assembling" plants, garages, automobile paint and repair shops, elo. which racks are so designed that the automobile or other rehiele may be readil)v run upon a platform earried by a iat-li' lor elevation purposes whereby7 the underneath portion oli the. automobile is rendered aeeessible.

*mother important objeet of the invention is to provide a rack whif'h mayv be utilized to lil't vehicles oi' different sizes with rei'ereure to the length of the wheel base or the distanee between the Wheels or the gauge as it is commonly called of the automobile.

.fl still further important objeet of the invention is to generally improve upon racks of this nature by providing' a Very simple and eliieient construction, one which is relis ahle in operation, inexpensive to manu'faeture.v easy to handle7 durahle, strong', and well adapted to the, purpose vfor whit-h it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in eertaiu novel features of eonstruetion. and in the eombination and arrangement ol' parts as will he hereinafter more fully deseribed and elaimed.

ln the. drawing: i

l `i;;'l1re l is a Itop plan View of the raeli' embodying*r my invention,

l `ipnre 2 is a lside elevation thereof, a portion being shown in section,

li`igure il is 'a vertical section taken substnntz' llyv on the line 8 3 ol' Figure, 2 lool:- ing; in the direction ol the arrows,

Figure i is a vertical section taken s ubstantially on the line ll-l of Figure. il looking in the direction ot' the arrow, and

Figure 7i is a detail View taken suhstautiallv on the line hoi" Figure l.

lel'erringr to the drawing in detail it will he .seen that the platform is formed by the two traelts l whieh are in the form of angle iii end thereof which is that shown to the right in Figures l and 2 of the. drawing. This elevating; end ot eaeh track is slotted as' is indieated at 6.

The jack utilized vin conjunction withthe platform consists of two nprights. Each upright includes a base, 7 which is adapted to rest on the floor or the like and e standard indicated generali' at rlhis standard 8 is of an inverted U-shaped formation prevtei-ably beine' formed of angie, iron and the ends thereof terminate in the feet S) which are fastened in any suitable manner as at l() in the base 7. The flanges ll of the in terniediate or upper portion of the standards S are apertured as at l2 Vfor the reception o1 a shat't l?) havinglr a pair ot keyweys lll; therein one adjaeent each end. A initier 5i" beveled `rear l5 is mounted at each end of the .shaft 13 and its key 1G lits into the eorrespondingkey way i4 so that this gear is rotatable, with the shnlt that may slide thereon. A threaded shaft l? is mounted 'vertieally its bottom end being disposed in a journal 18 on the base 7 and its upper end journaled in an opening lil provided in the intermediate or upper portion of 'the sfandards 8. Beveled gear.- 20 are fixed to the upper ends of the shaft 17 for meshing with beveled gears l5. Blocks or nuts 2l are threaded on the shaft l? and are eonstrueted with pintles or trunnions Q2 which are extended through the sides of thel tracks l. lt is to be noted that"I one leg oll each standard 8 extends through the slot 6 of the correspondingr tracks. An operating wheel or crank is mounted on one end of the operating shaft 13 so that upon rotation ot' this wheel the ends of the tracks l carried by the blocks 21 may be elevated. 'lt is also to be noted that the bases and those elements carried thereby may be n oved toward or away from en'eh other `depending upon the. gauge of the automobile with which the an i llt)

1 ruck is to he used and 'that the gears 15 will. readily side on shaft 13 to accommodate such an adjustment.

lll/hen the device is Situated substantially as isillustrated in Figure 2 the automobile is run upon the platt/.mn consisting of tracks 1 until the roer wheels pass over the spring;A extensions 5 of the rhoek il. rThe wheels or crank 25 ie then turned to elevate the ends of th'e platform So finit the undi-irneath por-- tions of the' automobile ere rendered acces sible. l prefer to utilize e roller 2'" under-- Heath the free or lower ends of track l in; when the-'other ends rise thef-:e ends will move and in order to not retzird this mov'h ment :L roller is utilized and thus the lift-- ing power of the jack portion of the device is not retarded in any way by the free ends; of the railS dragging.

Although I have described my invention with e certain degree. ot ptirtieularity. it is to be understood that Changes in the details of construction and in the combina-tion and arrangement o parte nui-y he resorted to without departing' 'from the Scope or spirit of the invention es hereimiiter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Hevingthus described my invention, what l claim new is:

l. In combination, e pair of tracks, a jael; at one end of each track, e shaft, :i pair ol-I beveled geers on the shaft rotatable therewith and slideble thereon for operating the 1 ,eee

vjack so that said jacks muy he moved toward or away Yfrom each other to very the distance between the tracks.

9. In combination, e pair of tracks, a pair of jacke one associated with one end of each truck and including ai. base, mi inverted U- Sl'ia-ped standard on the bese, threaded Slialt'having one end journaled on the buse sind the other in the intermediate portion ot' the standard, said shaft being thremled, u block on seid shaft, trunnione extending from said block and journeled in the oorresponding track.y e, drive ehnfgears on the threaded shaft, gears on the drive shalt meshing with thetirst gear, said second gears heine' Slideble on the drive shaft and rotatable therewith7 and ineens `for driving;` the drive shaft.

3. in combination, :i pair ot' trucks, :L jack associated `with erich truck. n shaft, and ineens slid-lily mounted on the shaft and associated with the jacks to operate seid jacks upon rotation of the shaft, said nue-Lin` being slidnble so :is to allow the distance between-the tracks to he varied without operation of the jacks.

In testimony whereof I ll'lix my signature in presence of two witnesees.

' l `.ARL EMIL LEDBERG.

lllitnesses:

Al. (l. Minnen,

L BECKER. 

